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Tooth pitches
With the following formula you can find out the ideal tooth pitch for tube sawing. In the table there are tooth pitches for the most used dimensions of tubes. Choose the optimal tooth pitch by selecting the outer diameter of tube and the wall thickness.
If you have to cut two or more tubes lying side by side please use this table in view of the double wall thickness.

image showing formula to find out the ideal tooth pitch for tube sawing

wall
thickness
tooth pitch Tz (tpi)
outer diameter D of tube (mm)
mm 20 40 60 80 100 120 150 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1500
2 14 14 14 14 14 14 10-14 10-14 8-12 8-12 6-10 6-10 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-8
3 14 14 10-14 10-14 10-14 10-14 8-12 8-12 6-10 6-10 5-8 5-8 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6
4 14 14 10-14 10-14 8-12 8-12 8-12 8-12 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4
5 14 10-14 10-14 10-14 8-12 8-12 8-12 6-10 5-8 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4
6 14 10-14 10-14 8-12 8-12 8-12 8-12 5-8 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4
8 14 10-14 8-12 8-12 8-12 6-10 6-10 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 3-4
10   8-12 6-10 6-10 6-10 5-8 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3
12   8-12 6-10 6-10 5-8 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
15   8-12 6-10 5-8 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
20     6-10 5-8 4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
30       4-6 4-6 4-6 3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
50           3-4 3-4 3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2
75               2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2
100                 2-3 2-3 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 0,75-1,25
150                   2-3 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25
200                     1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 1,4-2 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25
250                       1,4-2 1,4-2 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25
300                         1,4-2 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25
350                           0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,55-0,75
400                             0,75-1,25 0,75-1,25 0,55-0,75
450                               0,75-1,25 0,55-0,75
500                                 0,55-0,75

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